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Episode 119: MK Ultra F*cked Up
Video Coming Soon CW: Nazis, Torture, Death, Sexual Assault The Freedom of Information Act has blessed us with the ability to peruse some of the heinous crimes the United States has committed. This episode jumps in and talks about one of our country’s most well-known conspiracy theories proven right. Big big big trigger warnings on…
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Episode 118: Mush Ado About Shrooms
CW: Drug Use Join us as we dive into the trippy tale of the CIA’s wild plan to control minds—one magic mushroom at a time. We’ll dig into the psychedelic expeditions, the tests that followed, and how ‘shrooms went from Mexican hillsides to U.S. labs (and citizens). This article talks about Wasson and his article…
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Episode 117: Eat Your Heart Out
Video Coming Soon CW: Death, Disease, Dead Bodies, Decomposition This week we rush back across the pond to look at how the United States took the vampire menace. The answer? Well… not great. Vampires menaced New England in particular, causing disease and death wherever they were found. First off, let’s start with a book that’s…
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Episode 116: Stakes Are High
Video Coming Soon CW: Death, Desecration of Bodies, Description of Corpses Time for a good ol’ spooky episode! We have a listener question that delves into the vampire burial rites— how did the people in vampire times deal with the horrible and terribly common problem of the dead rising, hungry for the lifeblood of the…
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Episode 115: Braxie the Flatwoods Monster
Down in beautiful Appalachia, we got creatures, we got features, we got aliens, we got giant glowing guys who love cars. This episode covers the FLATWOODS MONSTER, a fabled creature of much renown! Unless you’re normal, I guess, and don’t go down into the cryptid mines very much. A listener question from Dinah gets answered…
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Episode 114: Leave Britney and Her Clones Alone
Have you ever thought to yourself that a celebrity doesn’t look like how they used to? No? Well, some people have. Have you ever thought to yourself that a celebrity has died ten years ago and someone is masquerading as them? No? Bro people have thought that too. This episode we delve into the world…
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Episode 113: Trip on a Banana Peel
CW: Super brief mention of slavery, Drug Use, Police We have another listener question from Jeremiah Jinglecock! He asked us about smoking banana peels— and lo! Not only is it real, but we have the recipe. This link will take you to an article about the underground press. It goes into more details about it…
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Episode 112: Jesus vs The Devil
This week we cover Isa’s question about medieval law! We venture first into ordeals and then address a mock trial between none other than Jesus and the Devil. We debate on who we would side with and the legalities of the modern day. And somehow, boobs are involved? If you’re about to read JSTOR articles…
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Episode 111: Something Fishy This Way Comes
A listener question from Bramble comes to you this week as we discuss the origin of the aquarium! It starts with the need to look closer at certain cephalopods and grows into an industry that tries its best to do right by its captive subjects. This article talks about the history of the aquarium and…
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Episode 110: Bury Me in the Egg
This link will take you to an article about Aqua Cremation. Here’s a list of alternatives to cremation, which we talked about on the episode. This is another list with seven alternatives to traditional burial and cremation. We talked about most of these in the episode too.